Functional disability and health-related quality of life in South Africans with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus
| Autor: | Romela Benitha, Mohammed Tikly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Physical disability Health Status Population Arthritis Rheumatoid Disability Evaluation South Africa Rheumatology Quality of life Internal medicine medicine Humans Lupus Erythematosus Systemic education education.field_of_study business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental health Sjogren's Syndrome Functional disability Health assessment Case-Control Studies Rheumatoid arthritis Quality of Life Physical therapy Female business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Rheumatology. 26:24-29 |
| ISSN: | 1434-9949 0770-3198 |
| Popis: | There is a paucity of data on the impact of chronic rheumatic diseases on functional disability and overall health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in Africans. Materials and methods: We compared Black South Africans (BSA) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n=50) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (n=50) to geographically and ethnically matched controls cared for at a tertiary care facility. The modified health assessment questionnaire (mHAQ) and Medical Outcome Study short-form 36 (SF-36) scores and indices of disease activity and organ damage were collected from each group. Results: Compared to the controls, both the RA and SLE groups fared significantly worse in respect of all the domains and summary scales of the SF-36. Compared to the SLE group, the RA group scored significantly worse with respect to the mHAQ disability index (mHAQ-DI), physical function and bodily pain (BP) SF-36 subscales, and SF-36 summary physical component score (SF-PCS). In the RA group, both the mHAQ-DI and SF-PCS correlated strongly (p |
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